Adolphus davis



(No Model.)

A. DAVIS,

VSLEEPING GAR BBRTH. I No. 279,137. Patented June 12,1883.

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UNITED `STATES APATENT Y OFFICE..

ADOLPHUS DAYIS, OF MONTREAL, QUEBEC-(lANADA.

SLEEPING-CAR BERTH.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 279,137, dated June 12, 1883,

Application filed November l, li.

To @ZZ whom it may concer/1,.-

.Be it known that l', ADoLPIIUs DavIs, oi" the city o't' Montreal, in the district of Montreal and Province oi' Quebec, in the Dominion oi Canada,- railway manager, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bcrths for Sleeping-Cars 5 and l do hereby declare that the following is a t'ull, clear, and exact description of the same.

This invention has I 'et'erence to an improved construction and arrangement ot' the berthi'rames, mattresses, and their fittings and attachm ents, which will be specially adapted for use in combination with the combined sleeping and drawing-room ear patented by Gustave Leve on the 5th September, 1876, reissued May 3, 1881, the fittings for which also were patented by me on the 26th April, 1881. The present invention will also be applicable for use with the steamboat-berth also patented by Leve, and for positions where similar berthiittingswould be required. My present invention consists, broadly speaking, in the combination, with a swinging cupboard, of a mattress made up of tlat strips of metal constructed in two divisions and hinged in the'center, so that the same may be folded inside said cupboard.

Certain details of construction and arrangement are also included in my invention 5 but tor full comprehension of the same reference must be had to the accompanying drawings, in which letters similar to those used in the following description indicate like parts, and where- Figure l is a sectional elevation, representing a section of a car arranged as asleeper embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is an inside view of one of the swinging cupboards, one halt' of which shows stuffed mattresses held in place by stanchion, andthe other half showing metal mattresses folded inside cupboard. Fig. 3 is a view of stanchion, and Fig. 4 aview showing attachment of same to cupboard.

A A represent the folding cupboards, which are hinged to the side walls of the car and also supported on brackets B B. On the outsides or backs of these cupboards are fixed combined hooks and berth-supports C C, all these parts being described and claimed in the patents above mentioned.

(No model.)

"When the berths are to be made up for the night the g'zupboards A A are swung out and secured in thefposition shown in Fig. 1 in the usual manner. .lhestutted mattresses DD and the metal mattresses E E are then inside the cupboards, as shown to thc left in Fig. 1 and in Fig. 2-viz., the latter are folded vup and securely held against tl Ie cupboards by buttons c c or othersuitable means, and the stuffed Inattrcsses arehung over same, one above the other, ou pins d d, projecting from the inside of the cupboards A, and the whole is kept iirmly in Vplace within the cupboards by the stanchions F F, the lower ends ot' which are fitted into the cupboards and held at their upper ends by clips a a, fastened to the upper part of the cupboards. The first thing to be done is to release the stanchions F F from their holdfasts, and after the metal beds E E are unfolded and pnt in place, as will be hereinafter more fully eX- plained, place same in position, as shown in Fig. l, to form the side rails of the upper and lower berths, each of said stanchions being provi ded with an eye,j`, at one end and a socket, j" at the other, said eyes f being iitted over the pins on the berth-supports C'C, and the sockets j, engaged with suitable Inale supports, f2, arranged at the sides of the berth-frames, as seen are then removed from the hooks or pins d d and laid on one side.

rllhe metal mattresses E E are iliade up oi' a suitable number of flat strips ot' metal, g g, running longitudinally4 with the bed, which are secured together by cross-strips g g, and these mattresses are made in two divisions, hinged together at the center, as at g2 gt. One end ot' the mattress for the upper berth, or that marked E, is pivoted or hinged to the inside ot' one of the cupboards A, as shown at g in Fig. 1, and its other end has suitable eyes, which tit over the pins of the berth-supports C. The mattress marked E is constructed lin all respects similar to that lettered E, save that instead of having its pivotal connection rigid with the cupboard A it has loops or slots e formed at one end of each outside slat, through which the pivot-pins e pass in such manner that as the mattress E is folded it may slide downward on said pivot-pins until the ends of the slats touch steps or holders a. a, bolted to the lower part oi'A in Figs. 2 and 4. The stuii'ed mattresses DD IOO the bottom 4board of the cupboard, in this manner allowing the mattress E to be easily and (':onveniently folded against the cupboard A below the ends of the mattress E, arranged above it without overlapping same. The dotted lines in Fig. l indicate clearly the passage taken by these folding metal mattresses and the relation of the divisions of same 'to each other, andthe other figures indicatetheir relation to the cupboards A A.

To complete the formation of the bed after 'the metal mattresses E E are unfolded and their loose ends hooked onto the supports C (l, and after the stanchions F F are put in plaee to serve as side rails, as described, the stuffed mattresses D D are laid on with the bed-clothes in the usual manner.

It' desired, Wood may be substituted for metal in the bed, and the means for attaching same to the cupboards may be varied in detail. And, furthermore, only 011e bed maybe used inside the eupboard 5 and the loose end of the bed may be supported against a stationary wall or other support instead of to another eupboard, if desired, without departing from my invention.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is as follows l. The combination, with a swinging-berth 1. y 1 savais? i cupboard, of a mattress or bed made up of slats, hinged in the center, so as to form two divisions, said mattress being also hinged at one end to said cupboard and adapted to be 'folded inside same, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination, with the swinging eupboards A A, of the beds or mat-tresses E E, pivoted to 011e Clipboard and hooked onto another, and stanchions F F, arranged so as to form. siderails for same, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination, With the cupboard A and pivot g", of the metal bed or mattress E, having slots or loops c at the ends of its outer slats, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

4. The combination, with the cupboards A, provided with steps or holders a a and clips af a, of the stanehions F F, arranged as described, for the purpose set forth.

The combination, with the cupboards A A, provided with hook-supports G G and male supports f2, ofthe stanehions F, having eyes j' and socketsj, substantially as described.

A. DAVIS.

Witnesses:

R. A. KELLoNn. A. FRANC/onor.. 

